View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is supposed to arrive in Chicken on the day that Anne dismisses the children early from school?

2. What is the name of the four-year-old girl enrolled in the school?

3. What type of project does Anne settle upon with the goal of making the students feel united as a class?

4. What is the name of the horse that Anne is riding in Chapter 1?

5. Despite the cold, people still attend what special event?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter Nine, why does Anne dismiss the children early?

2. What is Chicken's initial reaction to Anne?

3. What happens to Willard in the outhouse when the temperature drops, and how do Anne and Mr. Carew fix the situation?

4. When Merton Atwood visits the school for the first time, how does he become involved?

5. How is Anne physically affected by the trip to Chicken?

6. At the dance in Chapter Ten, how does Rebekah act?

7. Before Anne and Fred's snow picnic in Chapter 11, Mrs. Purdy visits Anne. What does she say to Anne?

8. Describe Anne's first full day in Chicken.

9. How does the relationship between Anne and Chuck begin?

10. At the roadhouse after the dance in Chapter 10, what story does Ben Norvall tell about one of his partners who had died in the middle of winter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What characteristics do Anne and Cathy have that are beneficial for schoolteachers in rural areas? What characteristics do they have that are negatives for schoolteachers in rural areas?

Essay Topic 2

Why might Anne and Fred have waited ten years to get married?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the reasoning behind the territory of Alaska's stated requirement that any Indian who wanted to attend a territory school must have renounced all Indian things.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 936 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample